January 25. Smile more, there is someone who needs to see your smile

"You are here to be tried, to probe yourself so that you can receive the additional blessings God has for you. The tempering effect of patience is required. Some blessings will be delievered here in this life; others will come beyond the veil. The Lord is intent on your personal growth and development. That progress is accelerated when you willingly allow Him to lead you through every growth experience you encounter, whether initially it be to your individual liking or not. WHen you trust in the Lord, when you are willing to let your heart and your mind be centered in His will, when you ask to be led by the Spirit to do His will, you are assured of the greatest happpiness along the way and the most fulfilling attainment from this mortal experience. If you question everyting you are asked to do, or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you make it harder for the Lord to bless you....Sadness, disapppointment, and severe challenge are events in life, not life itself..." --Elder Richard G. Scott or teh Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Wow. This little quote is like "shebang!" GIVE your heart, will and mind all to God and to doing His will and you will be blessed endlessly. I Know this will happen for a fact! Because it has happened to me. Once I gave what was rightfully the Lord's to the Lord, my will, my life went so much more smoothly and easier.If you are on the Lord's side in your life, you can make it through anything you come up against.

We are given trials and hardships in our lives to make us stronger people; to make us change and become more of the person that God wants us to become. If you find peace in the challenges that you are faced with you will be blessed and come out on top of the things you are faced with. When we are doing what God would have us do; turning our hearts to Him, having our thoughts dwell on Him and the things that He would have us do, serving His other children, and seeking Him out in our lives, we are going to be blessed abundantly to become all that He has in store for us to become. Come to live in joy amid your adversity. Embrace the things you have been faced with in your life, and ask for more, because then and only then after you change, can you become like God. Candace, Don't dwell on the things that you don't have, find joy in the things that you have right now; your life, family, friends, being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, all the previous blessings that God has blessed you with...Be greatful for what you have and embrace something new when it comes to you. Excersice your faith in Christ and our Heavenly Father and you will be more willing and open to accept the things that He has for you. 8)
President Kimball once said: "God does notice us, and he watches over us but it is usually through another mortal that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each other." Our willing service to others around us is a key to enduring happiness. Happiness is never ending, but sadness does.

Happiness is everlastingly eternal because of Jesus Christ --Elder Richard Scott

I know and believe this all to be true. I hope that if you are reading this, it has brought to you some joy and happiness as well, and I hope that you may seek to find your Father in Heaven more than you may know Him right now, because He lives! HE loves you and wishes for you to come back to a knowledge of Him and find Him out for yourself.

10 January. Snowy Burg of Rex

Greetings from dear Ol' icy cold Rexburg.

Man! isn't it good to be back up here. I sure have missed being up here for some learning and meetin me some new people. I sure am glad to finally be back to learning. 

I have been so busy, even though I have only been up here since the 4 Jan, the first three days of school have been pretty hectic. I have so much homework! oh billy, I really hope that I will make it through this semester. I can. I will!

I will not have much of a social life with all this homework I have to do everyday for two classes, Calculus and Chemistry, then add in Structural Geology, I am committing suicide pretty much. I am so crazy, let's not forget the two labs for Chem and Geol. THEY are going to be so much work too! BUT I WILL MAKE IT!!

So...the inevitable has happened again, I have found more than a few guys that I think I could like, and could be promising. I hate this. I don't know why it happens. The first guy I officially met was a friend of one of my friends and, I didn't think anything of it the first time, but the second time I met up with him with her....oh dear. I want to kick myself in the butt for it. I don't know why, I don't even want to think about it. Why do guys with wonderful straight teeth, beautyful smiles and eyes always get me? Why? Man I really am a sucker for those things...it always gets me, it's inevitable. 

Well SHort post, time for bed and homework.